1.   Officials scrambled to stem the slide, discussing new cuts in the widening budget deficit and assuring investors the government had the money to pay its debts.

2.   Earlier this month, Finance Minister Simeon Nyachae announced sweeping tax reforms aimed at raising revenue to plug a widening budget deficit.

3.   Finance Minister Simeon Nyachae announced sweeping tax reforms in early March aimed at raising revenue to plug a widening budget deficit.

4.   Finance Minister Simeon Nyachae announced sweeping tax reforms last week aimed at raising revenue to plug a widening budget deficit.

5.   Kenyans are most angered by tax increases announced earlier this month to plug a widening budget deficit.

6.   On the same day, the Finance Ministry announced sweeping tax measures aimed at raising revenue to plug the widening budget deficit.

7.   The Gulf producers have been grappling with widening budget deficits and problems paying foreign debts.

8.   The government, searching for revenues to reduce its widening budget deficit, has sharply raised duties on imported cars and trucks.

9.   German Finance Minister Hans Eichel said Monday that the European Union has no reason to issue a warning to Germany over its widening budget deficit.

10.   In a bid to reduce a widening budget deficit, prices of urban transport and electricity jumped fivefold on Wednesday.